Mr. Henry Schneider

Mr. Schneider's great-grandfather was Henry Schneider, a cattleman who settled in the 1850s in the Pleasant Valley community of El Dorado County.
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His grandfather, also named Henry, established the Schneider Ranch in 1905.The family also raised cattle in Nevada on 40,000 acres near Winnemucca that Mr. Schneider owned in the 1960s.

He followed cowboy traditions of the American West, including driving cattle in summer for many years to graze in Sierra Nevada meadows.He also modernized ranching techniques, earning national recognition in 1954 for introducing calf shutes for branding, and vaccinating cattle and improving irrigation methods by leveling the land.

He made a name for himself by age 26, when the Swift Meat Packing Co. chose him for a major national tour promoting beef.He was elected the youngest president of the California Cattlemen's Association in 1952 and later served many years as treasurer.

In 1960, he became the youngest winner of the state industry's top award, California Livestock Man of the Year.He was honored at the San Francisco Cow Palace, where his photo is on permanent display with other winners.He was a founding member of the California Beef Council and a member of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
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Mr. Schneider also was active in community affairs in Sloughhouse, where he was born in 1916 and spent his life on the family ranch.He led efforts to establish essential public services for remote, sparsely populated enclaves of southeastern Sacramento County, where hard work, self-reliance and neighbors banding together for survival are cherished traditions.

"Dad had a tremendous knack for bringing people together," his son said.
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Mr. Schneider, who was a founding member of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, valued the pioneer spirit of cattle ranching and living in the country, family and friends said.He enjoyed hunting, fishing and inviting neighbors to his ranch for celebrations.